The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 28, 1938
Waxing Crescent
24.5% 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
11:23 AM
9:21 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 195
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 | 59.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 122.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -19.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.11° / 1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / -1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.62° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.