The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 28, 2097
Last Quarter
49.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.0%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2161
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.9° / 279.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 34m / 27.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.64° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.37° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.