The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 4, 1935
Waxing Crescent
35.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
10:58 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.7%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 157
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 107.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 23m / -22.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.35° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.97° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.