The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 29, 2007
Waning Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
11:00 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1048
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 307.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 21.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.09° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.85° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.13° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| 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.