The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 4, 1918
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
7:19 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -54
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.7° / 157.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 11m / 6.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.58° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.50° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.