The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 4, 1921
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 AM
9:30 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -16
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 | 34.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 119.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -6.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.29° / -0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.00° / 0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.34° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.