The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 28, 2103
Waning Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 AM
5:52 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2235
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.3° / 193.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 5.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.73° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.18° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.