The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 28, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 PM
12:33 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1642
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 | 100.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.5° / 85.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -20.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.41° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.25° / -1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.62° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.