The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 29, 2116
Last Quarter
50.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.8%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2396
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 280.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 28.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.92° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.89° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.19° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.2° |
| 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.