The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 28, 2057
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 AM
7:45 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1666
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury 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.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.4° / 145.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / 2.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.03° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.32° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 209.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.