The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 30, 2187
Waning Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 AM
6:49 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3274
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.9° / 177.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 11m / 10.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.65° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.76° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.99° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.