The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 29, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
64.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
1:07 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1172
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 | 106.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.2° / 79.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 40m / -18.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.62° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.59° / -2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.81° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.