The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 28, 2099
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
6:34 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2186
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.6° / 340.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 50m / -0.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.42° / 0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.43° / 0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.20° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.