The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 28, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 PM
12:30 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -102
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.0° / 85.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -22.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.83° / -2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.53° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.71° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.