The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 29, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
1:21 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 603
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 | 113.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.7° / 75.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -21.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.63° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.82° / 2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.80° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.