The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 29, 1946
Waxing Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
8:44 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 294
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 | 49.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 127.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 35m / -17.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.76° / 1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / -1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.06° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.