The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 29, 2000
Waxing Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 AM
8:43 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 962
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 128.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -6.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.28° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.56° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.27° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.