The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 30, 2171
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 AM
8:02 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3077
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 137.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -6.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.35° / 1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.64° / -1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.67° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.