The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% 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
7:11 PM
6:03 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1209
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.8° / 341.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 48m / -6.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.59° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.05° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.68° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 225.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.