The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 28, 2182
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 AM
7:48 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3213
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.5° / 142.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -5.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.89° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.67° / -0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.62° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.