The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 4, 1975
Waning Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 AM
7:00 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 651
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.5° / 169.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 43m / 8.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.27° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.70° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.68° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.