The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 28, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
4:56 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1345
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.1° / 12.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -4.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.14° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.60° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.82° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.