The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 28, 2131
Waxing Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
11:39 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2582
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 101.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 35m / -22.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.20° / 1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / -1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.79° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.