The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 28, 1912
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
8:33 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -127
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 326.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 53m / 13.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.03° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.70° / -1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.87° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.