The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 30, 2099
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
8:33 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2186
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 322.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 14m / 10.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.05° / 2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.58° / -2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.13° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.