The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 4, 1997
Waxing Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 AM
9:22 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 924
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 | 28.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 120.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -2.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.07° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.00° / -2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.33° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.