The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 30, 2011
Waxing Crescent
14.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
9:18 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.8%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1098
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 | 45.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 122.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 17m / -20.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.31° / -2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.81° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.