The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 28, 2038
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 AM
7:43 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1431
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.8° / 147.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / 3.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.91° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.11° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.12° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 188.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.