The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 11, 2028
Last Quarter
53.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 PM
2:41 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.9%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1307
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 281.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 54m / 25.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.08° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.92° / -3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.74° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.