The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 29, 2029
Waning Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 PM
1:57 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1320
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 284.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 30m / 23.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.16° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / -0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.93° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.