The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 PM
7:21 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1011
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.5° / 327.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / 0.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.34° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / 3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.86° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 136.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.