The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 28, 2142
Waxing Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
1:20 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2718
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 | 109.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 76.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -17.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.56° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.96° / -4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.38° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.