The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 29, 1938
Waxing Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
10:09 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 195
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 114.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -20.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.33° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / -2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.41° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.