The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 28, 2125
Waxing Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 AM
8:09 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2508
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 136.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -10.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.34° / -0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / 1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.84° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.