The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 4, 1929
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 AM
8:57 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 83
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 | 15.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.6° / 125.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / 4.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.18° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / -4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.02° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.