The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 28, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
4:49 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1580
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 | 150.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.4° / 14.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 26m / -4.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.41° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.32° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.01° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.9° |
| 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.