The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 28, 2051
Waning Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
3:48 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1592
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 | 289.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.2° / 254.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 45m / 15.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.26° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.77° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.40° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.