The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 4, 1937
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 AM
7:31 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 181
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.0° / 151.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 3.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.12° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.31° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 51.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.