The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 28, 2013
Waning Crescent
36.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 AM
3:36 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.1%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1122
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.2° / 257.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 32m / 16.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.06° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.31° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.99° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.