The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 PM
3:48 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1073
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.4° / 34.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -10.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.25° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.22° / -2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.04° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.