The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 28, 1911
Waxing Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 PM
9:38 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -139
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 | 70.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 119.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -26.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.33° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.44° / 5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.77° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.