The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 29, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 PM
4:54 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -65
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 17.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / 0.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.72° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.19° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.55° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.