The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 30, 2012
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
7:58 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1110
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 | 186.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 329.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 8.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.95° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / -4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.88° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 38.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.