The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 28, 2043
Waning Crescent
20.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 AM
5:26 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.2%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1493
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.7° / 240.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 20.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.27° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / -4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.06° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.