The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 28, 1918
Waning Crescent
35.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 AM
3:51 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.0%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -53
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 | 287.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.6° / 258.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 35m / 18.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.39° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / 4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.19° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.