The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Waning Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
1:39 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1085
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 | 251.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 288.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 08m / 24.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.08° / 1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.35° / -1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.14° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.