The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 30, 2083
Waning Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 PM
12:15 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1988
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 300.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 51m / 24.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.93° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.30° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.