The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 28, 2169
Waxing Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 PM
12:04 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3052
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 | 97.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 92.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -24.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.36° / -1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.27° / 2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.20° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.