The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 29, 1997
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 AM
6:26 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 924
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.2° / 179.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 02m / 5.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.51° / -0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / 1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.56° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.