The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 29, 1950
Waning Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
9:53 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 343
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 318.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 20.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.43° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.21° / -4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.42° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.