The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 30, 2057
Waxing Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
8:43 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1667
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 128.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -8.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.73° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.52° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.88° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.