The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 29, 2006
Waxing Crescent
41.8% 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
2:40 PM
11:20 PM
20°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1036
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 | 80.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 106.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -28.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.74° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.25° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.