The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 28, 2102
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 PM
9:41 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2223
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 | 205.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 315.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 16.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.82° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.58° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.