The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 30, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
12:41 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1506
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 85.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -24.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.69° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.30° / 5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.45° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.