The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 29, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
6:03 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1580
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 352.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / 0.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.58° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.85° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| 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.