The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 4, 1945
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 AM
7:25 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 280
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.7° / 172.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 33m / 18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.66° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / -4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.64° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.