The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 30, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
2:01 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1172
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 | 118.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 67.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 31m / -17.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.75° / 1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.79° / -1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.63° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.