The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 29, 1945
Waning Crescent
37.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 AM
4:02 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.4%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 281
Events on this date
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.5° / 265.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 31m / 23.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.87° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / -1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.56° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.