The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 4, 2028
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
7:40 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1307
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 320.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / 0.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.99° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.43° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 37.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.