The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 30, 2059
Waning Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
4:52 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1691
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.9° / 258.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 22m / 24.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.96° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.16° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.