The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 29, 2128
Waxing Crescent
29.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
11:04 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.4%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2545
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 105.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -17.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.26° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.12° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.47° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.