The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Waxing Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 AM
7:48 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1098
Events on this date
-
Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 140.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -12.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.36° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.26° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.26° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 306.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.