The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 8, 1929
Waxing Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
10:40 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 83
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.9° / 108.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 09m / -18.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.93° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.47° / 1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.10° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.