The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 15, 2029
Waxing Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1320
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.9° / 91.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 03m / -23.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.74° / -0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.99° / 0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.55° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.