The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 28, 2104
Waxing Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 PM
12:45 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2248
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 | 103.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 82.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -19.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.18° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.11° / -2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.78° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.3° |
| 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.