The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 29, 2106
Waxing Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
8:34 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2273
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 130.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -13.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.37° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.46° / 1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.43° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.