The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 3, 1928
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 PM
10:50 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 70
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 291.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 7.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.56° / -3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.27° / 4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.03° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.