The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 30, 2192
Waning Crescent
27.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
4:55 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.3%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3336
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.1° / 253.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 22.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.54° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.41° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.41° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.