The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 28, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
6:07 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 71
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.5° / 338.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 45m / -6.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.74° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.83° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 223.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.