The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 28, 2008
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 AM
6:45 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1060
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 | 351.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.9° / 162.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / -2.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.77° / -3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / 4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.83° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.