The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 28, 1961
Waning Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
11:54 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 479
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 290.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 59m / 15.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.82° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.48° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.14° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.