The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 29, 1937
Waning Crescent
23.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
3:29 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.9%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 182
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.9° / 254.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 14.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.84° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.71° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.