The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 28, 2048
Waning Gibbous
63.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 PM
1:45 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.6%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1555
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 | 254.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 285.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 19m / 23.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.54° / 0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.53° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.