The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 28, 1934
Waning Gibbous
67.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
1:35 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.9%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 145
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 291.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 48m / 26.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.00° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.39° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.94° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.