The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 30, 2004
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
9:35 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1011
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 | 205.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 312.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 12.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.53° / 0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.47° / 0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.47° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| 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.