The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 4, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 PM
12:41 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -276
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 | 118.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 83.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -20.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.34° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.89° / -3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.81° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.