The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 29, 2054
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 AM
6:31 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1629
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.6° / 182.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 57m / 8.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.42° / 1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / -1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.76° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.