The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 28, 1942
Waning Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
11:18 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 244
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 | 228.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 294.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 29m / 13.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.31° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.15° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.35° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.