The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 29, 2196
Waxing Gibbous
55.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
12:02 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3386
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 90.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -22.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.54° / 0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.72° / 0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.82° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.