The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Waxing Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 AM
8:51 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1234
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 | 33.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 126.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -14.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.43° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.43° / -0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.79° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.