The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 30, 2186
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 PM
9:14 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3262
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 308.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 7.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.43° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.37° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.