The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 4, 1944
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 PM
9:00 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 268
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 | 205.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 298.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / -1.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.94° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.06° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.03° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.