The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 4, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -177
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 | 100.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 98.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -22.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.19° / 0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.22° / -0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.42° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.