The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
10:19 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1147
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 302.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 12.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.05° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / 5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.70° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.