The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 28, 2153
Waxing Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 PM
3:09 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2854
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 | 135.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.4° / 44.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 40m / -19.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.98° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.44° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.99° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.