The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 4, 1988
Waning Crescent
34.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
4:34 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.8%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 812
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.5° / 270.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 01m / 28.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.20° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.76° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.46° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.