The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 28, 2014
Waxing Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
10:02 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1135
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 114.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 39m / -16.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.29° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.19° / -3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.11° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.