The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 28, 2015
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 PM
7:54 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1147
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.2° / 322.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 50m / 4.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.02° / -1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.38° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| 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.