The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 28, 1991
Waning Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 PM
12:40 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 850
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 | 239.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 296.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 07m / 24.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.38° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.71° / -3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.17° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| 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.