The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 30, 2098
Waxing Crescent
34.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 PM
10:42 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.7%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2174
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 | 72.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 111.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 15m / -27.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.11° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.19° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.32° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.