The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
9:07 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1147
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 | 201.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 311.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 48m / 8.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.15° / -2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.56° / 3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.54° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.