The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 30, 2117
Waxing Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
10:10 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2409
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 115.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -26.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.52° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.66° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.73° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.