The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 4, 1939
Waning Gibbous
72.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
12:25 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.1%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 206
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 | 243.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 285.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 52m / 15.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.12° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.57° / 1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.43° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.