The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 28, 1999
Waning Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
10:51 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 949
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 297.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 12.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.28° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.58° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.