The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 28, 1954
Waxing Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 AM
6:44 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 393
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.2° / 155.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -13.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.60° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.11° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.94° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.