The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 9, 2029
Waxing Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 AM
8:12 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1320
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 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 135.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / -6.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.24° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.39° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.86° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 310.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.