The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 30, 2022
Waxing Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 PM
10:04 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1234
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 | 59.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.9° / 115.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -23.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.89° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.35° / 3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.36° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.