The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 28, 2090
Waxing Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 PM
11:12 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2075
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.7° / 104.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -17.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.48° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.46° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.09° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.