The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 29, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
55.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.0%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1506
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.5° / 95.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 58m / -27.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.82° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / 6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.64° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.