The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 28, 2172
Waxing Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
3:14 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3089
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.3° / 41.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.62° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.88° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.19° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.2° |
| 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.