The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 4, 2133
Waxing Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
11:07 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2606
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 104.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.03° / 0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.98° / -0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.23° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| 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.