The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 4, 1951
Waxing Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 AM
9:17 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 355
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 121.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -10.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.92° / -3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / 4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.29° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.