The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 28, 2056
Waning Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 PM
11:50 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1654
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 293.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 55m / 16.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.01° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.00° / 5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.94° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.