The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 28, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
12:40 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 232
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 | 101.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 92.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 08m / -17.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.31° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.52° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.53° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.