The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 30, 2023
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 PM
8:47 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1246
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 | 197.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 317.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 30m / 9.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.41° / -0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / 0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.11° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.