The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 29, 2062
Waning Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 AM
5:50 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1728
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 1.4° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.7° / 215.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 55m / 15.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.60° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.60° / -2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.09° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.