The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 30, 2134
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
4:41 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2619
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.5° / 9.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -12.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.49° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.42° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.