The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 2, 1928
Waning Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
9:39 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 70
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 295.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 1.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.31° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.26° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.85° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.