The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 30, 2024
Waning Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 AM
6:31 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1258
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.2° / 179.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 08m / 7.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.06° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.35° / -2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.90° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.