The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 28, 1919
Waxing Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
9:42 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -40
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 | 49.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 118.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 28m / -18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.30° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.67° / 0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.93° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.