The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 4, 1943
Waxing Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 AM
10:47 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 256
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 | 54.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 105.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -8.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.21° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.61° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.