The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 PM
2:47 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1073
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.7° / 54.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 05m / -15.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.26° / 1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / -1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.22° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.