The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 28, 1933
Waxing Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
12:29 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 133
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 | 116.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 85.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 20m / -21.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.07° / -2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.57° / 3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.90° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.