The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 30, 2162
Waning Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 PM
1:51 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2965
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 279.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 46m / 19.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.77° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.92° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.15° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.