The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 29, 1921
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 AM
5:07 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -16
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.1° / 210.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 4.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.11° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / 4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.04° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.