The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 20, 2028
Waxing Crescent
5.7% 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
9:41 AM
8:18 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1308
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 133.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -14.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.25° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.25° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.