The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 29, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 PM
1:28 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 467
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.3° / 73.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -16.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.90° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / -4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.03° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.