The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 29, 1984
Waxing Crescent
26.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
10:21 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.9%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 764
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 112.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -22.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.99° / -0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.16° / 1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.95° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.