The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 28, 1976
Waxing Crescent
30.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 PM
11:03 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 665
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 106.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 45m / -19.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.36° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.11° / -3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.52° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.