The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 28, 2127
Last Quarter
50.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.7%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2532
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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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 | 269.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 271.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 18m / 18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.40° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.22° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.