The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 30, 2040
Waning Crescent
27.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 AM
4:59 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1456
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.4° / 254.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 23.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.01° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.56° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| 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.