The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 29, 1961
Waning Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 PM
12:55 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 479
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.9° / 284.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 53m / 17.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.98° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.53° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.32° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.4° |
| 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.