The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 28, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
3:38 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -65
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 | 149.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.0° / 38.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 20m / -5.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.60° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.58° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.71° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.