The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 4, 1958
Waning Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 PM
12:56 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 441
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 282.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 21m / 15.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.97° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / 3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.21° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.