The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 29, 2144
Waxing Crescent
7.9% 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
8:56 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2743
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 126.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -13.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.52° / 1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / -1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.81° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| 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.