The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 7, 1929
Waxing Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 AM
10:11 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 83
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.0° / 111.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 21m / -13.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.33° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.10° / -0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.32° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.