The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 1, 1928
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
8:28 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 70
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 300.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / -4.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.16° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.15° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.67° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.