The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 30, 2169
Waxing Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
1:52 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3052
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 | 119.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.8° / 70.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -21.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.29° / -3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.57° / 5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.82° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.