The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 28, 2111
Waning Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 AM
5:24 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2334
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.7° / 231.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 16.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.71° / 0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.53° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.