The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 29, 2178
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 PM
10:05 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3163
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 312.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 17.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.79° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.78° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.