The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 28, 2081
Waning Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 AM
5:12 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1963
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.1° / 244.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 52m / 20.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.74° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / -3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.68° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.