The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 28, 1903
First Quarter
51.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
11:53 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.7%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -238
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 99.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -18.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.17° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.12° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| 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.