The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 27, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
70.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 PM
1:33 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.6%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1308
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 73.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -19.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.32° / 0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.56° / -0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.80° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.