The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 29, 1983
Last Quarter
52.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.0%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 751
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.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 278.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 17m / 24.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.76° / 1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.02° / -1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.97° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.