The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 29, 1987
Waxing Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 20°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
11:19 PM
20°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 801
Events on this date
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 107.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -28.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.85° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.20° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.05° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.