The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 4, 1926
Waning Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 AM
7:03 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 45
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 | 332.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.6° / 189.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 19.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.39° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.14° / -2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.83° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.