The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 4, 1902
Waxing Crescent
7.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 AM
8:13 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.2%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -251
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 | 31.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 135.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -5.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.24° / -1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.45° / 2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.65° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.