The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 4, 1904
Waning Crescent
33.4% 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
12:15 AM
2:53 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -227
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 268.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 05m / 18.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.27° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.82° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.61° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.