The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 28, 2114
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 AM
7:36 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2371
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.7° / 149.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / 3.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.02° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.67° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 169.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.