The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 29, 1901
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 PM
8:04 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -263
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 331.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 11.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.40° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / -1.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.62° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.