The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 28, 1900
Waxing Crescent
20.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 AM
8:51 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.2%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -275
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 | 53.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.9° / 127.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 44m / -20.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.39° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / 1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.02° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.