The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 28, 2070
Waning Crescent
33.4% 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
1:25 AM
3:48 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1827
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.1° / 254.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 46m / 15.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.56° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.88° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.21° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.