The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 28, 2170
Waning Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 PM
10:33 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3064
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 | 217.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 303.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 46m / 14.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.40° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / 2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.19° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.