The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 28, 1973
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
8:06 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 628
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 | 25.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 135.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -15.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.91° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.03° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.64° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.