The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 4, 1928
Waning Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
9:31 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 69
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 281.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -8.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.39° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.13° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.67° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.