The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 29, 1905
Waxing Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
7:09 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -213
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.2° / 155.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -3.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.11° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / -4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.61° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.