The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 30, 2010
Last Quarter
55.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1085
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 280.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 05m / 23.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.24° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.33° / -0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.33° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.