The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 29, 2132
Waning Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 PM
12:19 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2594
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 293.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 19.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.59° / -1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.14° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.94° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.