The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 PM
5:03 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1209
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 | 155.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.7° / 0.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -11.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.47° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.85° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.