The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 30, 2152
Waxing Crescent
6.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
8:37 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.1%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2842
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 129.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -12.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.51° / 1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.63° / -0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.25° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.