The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 28, 1979
Waxing Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 702
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 | 83.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 95.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -18.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.51° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.89° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.61° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.