The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 29, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
1:39 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -102
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 71.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 11m / -18.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.60° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / 2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.53° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.