The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 28, 1951
Waning Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 AM
6:14 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 355
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 | 330.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.9° / 191.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 31m / 9.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.71° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / -0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.38° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.