The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 4, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 PM
5:50 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 231
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.8° / 340.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -9.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.99° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / -2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.97° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.