The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 30, 2034
Waning Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 PM
10:14 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1382
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 302.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 45m / 11.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.57° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.48° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.50° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.