The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 29, 1981
Waxing Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
8:27 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 727
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 132.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 34m / -4.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.46° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.08° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.