The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 29, 2011
Waxing Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
8:30 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1098
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 131.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -17.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.48° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.31° / 4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.03° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.