The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 30, 2100
Waning Crescent
12.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
5:41 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2198
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.1° / 216.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 54m / 13.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.96° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.47° / -0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.69° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.