The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 30, 2106
Waxing Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
9:13 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2273
Events on this date
-
Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 122.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -16.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.22° / 0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / -0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.21° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.