The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 29, 1918
Waning Crescent
25.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 AM
4:25 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.7%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -53
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.1° / 244.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 15.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.01° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.37° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.39° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.