The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 29, 2053
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
9:05 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1617
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 311.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 51m / 7.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.53° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.43° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.15° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.