The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 29, 1920
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 PM
9:03 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -28
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 | 199.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 316.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 35m / 10.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.10° / 0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.74° / -0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.92° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.