The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 4, 1954
Waxing Crescent
42.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
11:29 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.0%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 392
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 | 80.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 103.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -23.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.21° / -3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.19° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.16° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.