The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 28, 2154
Waning Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
2:24 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2866
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 288.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 30m / 28.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.43° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.39° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.