The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2029
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 PM
7:19 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1320
Events on this date
-
Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
-
September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.6° / 334.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / 4.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.71° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.61° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.30° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 327.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.