The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 4, 2135
Waning Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
6:25 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2630
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.7° / 235.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 01m / 25.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.17° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / -6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.78° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.