The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
55.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 71
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 95.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 24m / -26.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.37° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.48° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.88° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.