The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 28, 1983
Waning Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
1:50 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 751
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 285.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 17m / 23.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.18° / 0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.47° / 0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.78° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.