The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 29, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
11:39 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 331
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 104.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -28.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.68° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.22° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.96° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.