The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 28, 2147
Waxing Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 AM
9:37 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2780
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.4° / 118.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -11.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.40° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.09° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.