The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 28, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 PM
4:00 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 405
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 | 140.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.4° / 31.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 45m / -8.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.57° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.79° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.