The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 28, 2006
Waxing Crescent
31.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
10:25 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.9%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1036
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 | 68.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 113.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 47m / -27.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.93° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.12° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.46° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.0° |
| 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.