The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 4, 1942
Waning Crescent
31.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
4:07 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.5%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 243
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.3° / 256.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 15m / 18.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.46° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.08° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.50° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.