The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 28, 2138
Waning Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 AM
4:52 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2668
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 | 299.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.8° / 249.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 31m / 20.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.87° / 1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.35° / -1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.68° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.