The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 29, 1900
Waxing Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 AM
9:38 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -275
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 119.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -21.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.63° / 0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.77° / -0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.81° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.