The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 29, 2141
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
6:43 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2705
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.8° / 161.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / -4.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.89° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.04° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.