The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 30, 2061
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 PM
8:48 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1716
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 319.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 30m / 10.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.82° / 1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.65° / -1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.70° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.