The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 5, 1928
Waning Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
1:17 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 70
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 283.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 36m / 18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.03° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / 1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.41° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.