The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 29, 1953
Last Quarter
52.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 PM
1:54 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.2%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 380
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 288.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 17m / 25.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.83° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.35° / -2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.43° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 360.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.