The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 4, 1952
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 PM
7:33 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 367
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 | 187.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.3° / 318.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / -1.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.47° / 2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.35° / -2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.43° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 50.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.