The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 30, 2140
Waning Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 PM
12:21 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2693
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.8° / 298.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 02m / 23.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.10° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / -3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.52° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.