The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 4, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
3:08 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 664
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 | 134.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.8° / 46.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 50m / -15.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.53° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.94° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.37° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.