The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 28, 2045
Waning Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 PM
9:52 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1518
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 | 207.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 314.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.49° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.83° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.57° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.