The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 28, 1950
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
8:50 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 343
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 | 208.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 325.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 01m / 15.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.45° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / -3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.25° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.