The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 29, 2048
Last Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1555
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 278.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 10m / 22.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.34° / -0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.43° / 1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.72° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| 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.