The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 4, 2182
Waxing Crescent
36.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
11:40 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3212
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 99.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 38m / -15.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.03° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.11° / -4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.37° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.