The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 28, 2173
Last Quarter
52.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 79°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
3:10 PM
79°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.4%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 3101
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.0° / 282.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 15m / 28.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.34° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / -6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.21° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.