The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 29, 1933
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
1:44 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 133
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.1° / 69.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 15m / -17.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.98° / -1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / 1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.72° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.