The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 29, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
92.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
4:23 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.3%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 974
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.4° / 16.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -14.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.53° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.54° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.63° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.