The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 28, 1953
Waning Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 PM
1:01 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 380
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 296.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 18m / 26.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.65° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.30° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.25° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.