The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 29, 1916
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 AM
7:10 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -77
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 147.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -18.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.39° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.96° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.12° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.