The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 28, 2018
Waning Gibbous
86.8% 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
9:42 PM
10:49 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1184
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 | 222.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 297.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 12.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.02° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.37° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.