The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 30, 2120
First Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2446
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 95.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 52m / -25.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.76° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.50° / 3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.64° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.