The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 28, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
5:55 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1110
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 | 162.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 355.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -0.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.73° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.45° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.3° |
| 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.