The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 28, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 PM
4:01 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1209
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 | 144.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.2° / 24.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 16m / -15.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.22° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.02° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.