The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 29, 1956
Waning Crescent
25.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 AM
4:21 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.9%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 417
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 | 299.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.0° / 244.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 27m / 14.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.52° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.52° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.00° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.