The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 4, 1906
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 PM
7:33 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -202
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.1° / 317.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / -2.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.11° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / 5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.94° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.