The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 28, 1980
Waning Gibbous
76.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 PM
12:08 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.2%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 714
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 | 238.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 289.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 12m / 16.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.00° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.94° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| 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.