The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 28, 2175
Waxing Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
5:14 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3126
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.1° / 2.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -5.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.22° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / -1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.34° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.