The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 29, 2125
Waxing Crescent
7.8% 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
10:08 AM
8:52 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2508
Events on this date
-
Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Moon and Neptune 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 | 32.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 127.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 27m / -13.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.86° / 0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.77° / -0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.61° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.