The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 30, 1900
Waxing Crescent
38.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
10:32 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.1%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -275
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 111.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -21.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.13° / 1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.49° / -1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.61° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.4° |
| 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.