The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Waxing Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
11:44 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1135
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 | 75.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 100.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.80° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.70° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.