The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 14, 1928
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 AM
8:24 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 71
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.7° / 134.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / 4.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.83° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.61° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.