The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 28, 1981
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 AM
7:59 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 727
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.0° / 140.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / 0.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.12° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.30° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.