The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 29, 2095
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 AM
8:08 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2137
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.9° / 136.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -3.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.10° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / -4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.69° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.