The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 29, 1928
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
7:19 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 71
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 325.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 36m / -0.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.10° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.33° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 140.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.