The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 30, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 PM
5:22 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 974
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.0° / 354.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 18m / -9.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.43° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.46° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.