The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 29, 2199
Waxing Gibbous
73.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 PM
2:05 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.7%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3423
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 64.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 24m / -13.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.95° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.99° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.