The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 28, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
12:33 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1877
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 | 101.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.7° / 85.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 16m / -21.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.73° / 1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / -0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.82° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.