The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 28, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
1:50 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1778
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 | 117.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.0° / 68.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -17.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.08° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.87° / -2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.22° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.