The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Waning Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 AM
6:18 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1159
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.1° / 187.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 7.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.55° / -0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / 0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.15° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.