The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 29, 2018
Waning Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 PM
11:54 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1184
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 | 234.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 291.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 16.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.45° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.43° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.55° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.