The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 29, 1986
Waning Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
5:38 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 788
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 | 309.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.5° / 236.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 20.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.68° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.05° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.