The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 4, 1947
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
10:51 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 305
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 | 226.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 291.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 8.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.74° / -2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / 3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.83° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.