The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 28, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
70.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 PM
1:16 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.6%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 368
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 | 114.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.2° / 87.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 09m / -22.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.76° / -1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.91° / 2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.09° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.