The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 29, 1923
Waning Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 PM
11:30 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 9
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 293.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 40m / 14.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.00° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.14° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.73° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.