The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 29, 1940
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 AM
5:07 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 219
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 | 334.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.5° / 211.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 5.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.68° / -2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.55° / 4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.84° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.