The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 28, 1996
Waning Gibbous
96.8% 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
8:25 PM
9:01 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 912
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 | 200.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 313.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 8.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.29° / -1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / 2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.74° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.