The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 29, 2043
Waning Crescent
12.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 AM
5:54 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.3%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1493
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.5° / 215.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 55m / 15.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.54° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.77° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.28° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.