The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 4, 2144
New Moon
50.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.3%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2742
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 91.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -18.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.84° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.79° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.