The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 29, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
1:28 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1642
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.3° / 75.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -19.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.04° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.54° / -0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.43° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.