The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 29, 2012
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 PM
6:57 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1110
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.1° / 340.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / 4.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.46° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.29° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.