The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 28, 2053
Waning Gibbous
99.3% 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
7:59 PM
8:01 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1617
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 320.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 00m / 3.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.18° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / 3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.98° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.