The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 30, 2168
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 AM
7:20 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3039
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.1° / 156.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / 4.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.04° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.41° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 140.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.