The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 2, 1904
Last Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 PM
12:59 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -227
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 282.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 15m / 16.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.80° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.16° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.18° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.