The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Waning Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1221
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 | 276.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.4° / 274.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 59m / 26.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.19° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / -3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.56° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.