The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 30, 2156
Waning Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 PM
9:05 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2891
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 320.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 34m / 14.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.93° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.75° / -4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.34° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.