The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 29, 2072
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
9:26 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1852
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 308.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 8.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.92° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.94° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.