The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 29, 2063
First Quarter
53.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.2%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1741
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 97.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -27.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.07° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.40° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.04° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.