The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 30, 2185
Waxing Crescent
39.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
11:47 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.8%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3250
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 99.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -19.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.08° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / -4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.04° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.