The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 30, 2036
Waxing Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 PM
2:45 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1407
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.5° / 55.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 11m / -16.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.26° / 0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / 0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.85° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.