The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 30, 2005
Waning Crescent
7.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 AM
6:18 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.2%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1023
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 | 329.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.0° / 194.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 12.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.60° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.01° / -3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.09° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.