The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 2028
Waxing Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 PM
9:41 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1308
Events on this date
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 118.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 24m / -22.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.37° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.07° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.80° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.