The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 4, 1928
Waning Gibbous
75.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 PM
12:03 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.1%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 70
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 13.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.81° / -1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.22° / 2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.22° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.