The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 4, 1931
Waning Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
2:22 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 107
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 283.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 03m / 25.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.75° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.45° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.05° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.