The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 4, 1901
Waning Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
12:40 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -264
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 | 258.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 288.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 54m / 18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.27° / -1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.24° / 2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.53° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.