The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 4, 1969
Waning Crescent
40.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 577
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 275.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 26m / 28.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.57° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.21° / -6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.65° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.2° |
| 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.