The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 28, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
71.0% 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
4:17 PM
1:39 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2013
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 | 114.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 70.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -17.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.95° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.43° / -3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.41° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.