The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 29, 2097
Waning Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 AM
4:20 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2161
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.8° / 269.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 38m / 26.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.85° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.57° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.