The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 4, 2132
Waning Crescent
30.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 AM
4:44 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.0%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2593
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.4° / 261.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 24.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.16° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.08° / -1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.90° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.