The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 4, 2178
Waning Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
2:15 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3162
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 281.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 23.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.01° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.92° / -2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.66° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.