The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 28, 1943
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 AM
7:18 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 256
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.3° / 157.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / 4.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.42° / 3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.02° / -3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.06° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 131.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.