The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 4, 1936
Waning Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 PM
10:50 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 169
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 299.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 28m / 14.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.65° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.18° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.62° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.