The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 28, 1992
Waxing Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
8:24 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 863
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 132.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.12° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.12° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.83° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.