The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 28, 2101
Waxing Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
10:42 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2211
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 111.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -27.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.00° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.84° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| 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.