The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 30, 2073
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
7:09 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1864
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 | 349.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.8° / 160.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / 3.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.27° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.32° / -3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.78° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.