The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 28, 1902
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 AM
4:31 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -251
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 | 322.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.5° / 229.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 51m / 8.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.15° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.00° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.