The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 28, 1995
Waxing Crescent
18.7% 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
11:40 AM
10:02 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 900
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 | 51.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 115.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 38m / -16.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.16° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.07° / -2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.93° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.