The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 1, 1929
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 AM
7:30 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 82
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.2° / 178.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 21.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.84° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.90° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.27° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.4° |
| 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.