The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 28, 1923
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 PM
10:34 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 9
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 299.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 52m / 11.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.15° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.81° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.56° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.