The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 30, 2019
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
8:51 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1197
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 | 26.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 126.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -8.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.89° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.47° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.