The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 28, 2118
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
6:11 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2421
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.2° / 345.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 32m / -2.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.55° / 0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.58° / 0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.60° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.