The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 28, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
12:13 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 603
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.6° / 89.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -24.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.24° / -2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.87° / 3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.98° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.