The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 28, 2060
Waxing Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 AM
9:07 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1704
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 | 43.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 123.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 07m / -19.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.81° / -1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.53° / 2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.17° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.