The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 4, 2185
Waxing Gibbous
74.6% 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
4:46 PM
1:54 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3249
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 | 119.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.9° / 70.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -20.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.02° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.75° / -3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.30° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.