The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 30, 2079
Waxing Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
10:08 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1939
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 | 63.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 114.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 36m / -26.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.06° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.34° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.14° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.