The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 29, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 PM
2:51 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2013
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.7° / 51.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -12.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.43° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.31° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.24° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.