The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 4, 1920
Waning Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 PM
1:24 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -29
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 | 255.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 281.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 41m / 17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.13° / -1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / 2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.83° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.