The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 28, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
3:25 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 974
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.9° / 40.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 45m / -17.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.68° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.00° / 5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.81° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.