The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 28, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
2:49 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 269
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 | 130.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.1° / 52.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 16m / -17.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.94° / -1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / 2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.00° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.