The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 28, 1977
Waning Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 PM
8:38 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 677
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 | 195.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.7° / 317.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 7.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.96° / -0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.92° / 1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.93° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.