The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 28, 2156
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 PM
6:29 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2891
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 342.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / 0.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.93° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.43° / -2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.99° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| 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.