The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 28, 1959
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 AM
5:02 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 454
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.2° / 228.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 12.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.66° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.02° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.70° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.