The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 28, 2197
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 PM
9:42 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3398
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 314.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 15.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.10° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.13° / -4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.39° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.