The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 28, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
79.0% 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
4:53 PM
2:35 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1308
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 | 125.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.5° / 57.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 53m / -15.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.37° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.26° / -1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.62° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.