The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 4, 1981
Waxing Crescent
32.6% 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
12:46 PM
11:26 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 726
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.6° / 100.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -13.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.40° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.39° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.99° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.