The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 1, 2029
Last Quarter
45.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.5%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1319
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 274.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 53m / 24.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.82° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.77° / -1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.30° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.3° |
| 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.