The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 29, 2073
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 AM
6:32 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1864
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.2° / 183.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 58m / 8.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.32° / 1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / -2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.56° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.