The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 29, 2016
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 AM
6:49 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1159
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.9° / 168.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 32m / 3.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.91° / 0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / -0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.37° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.