The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 4, 2002
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 AM
6:54 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 985
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.3° / 206.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 46m / 22.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.91° / 4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / -4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.82° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.