The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 4, 2158
Waxing Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
2:36 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2915
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.1° / 57.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 42m / -21.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.60° / -0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.74° / 0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.49° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.