The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 28, 2034
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 PM
7:52 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1382
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 322.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 51m / 3.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.01° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.43° / 2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.17° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| 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.