The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 29, 1954
Waxing Crescent
6.7% 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
9:02 AM
7:13 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 393
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 146.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -17.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.52° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.72° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.