The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 28, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
73.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
1:55 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.7%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1543
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 | 118.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.1° / 67.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 22m / -17.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.70° / 1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.68° / -1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.01° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.