The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 4, 1909
Waning Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 PM
11:13 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -165
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 | 242.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 295.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 13.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.22° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / 3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.93° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.