The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 30, 2123
Waxing Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
2:25 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2483
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter 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 | 121.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.6° / 60.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 41m / -13.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.01° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.88° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.80° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.