The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 28, 2148
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 PM
7:56 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2792
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 318.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 04m / 1.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.32° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.60° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.