The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 19, 1928
Waxing Crescent
27.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 PM
10:32 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.7%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 71
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 110.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 51m / -19.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.81° / 0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / 0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.49° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.