The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 29, 2120
Waxing Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
11:36 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2446
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 104.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 51m / -26.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.91° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.05° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.84° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.