The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 28, 1987
Waxing Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
10:21 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 801
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 | 67.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 113.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -27.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.02° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.83° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.26° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.8° |
| 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.