The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 28, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 PM
6:15 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1246
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.2° / 339.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 45m / -4.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.83° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.50° / 3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.22° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 230.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.