The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 29, 1996
Waning Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 PM
10:07 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 912
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 | 213.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 304.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 34m / 12.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.07° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.91° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.