The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 29, 1995
Waxing Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
10:55 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 900
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 107.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -18.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.35° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.72° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.