The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 28, 2071
Waxing Crescent
26.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 PM
10:47 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1840
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 | 61.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 107.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -16.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.33° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.46° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.89° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.