The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 28, 1916
Waxing Crescent
2.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 AM
6:38 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.3%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -77
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.1° / 157.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -13.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.05° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.35° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 309.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.