The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 29, 2049
Waxing Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
8:31 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1568
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 130.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -15.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.51° / -2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.12° / 3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.44° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.