The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 30, 1905
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 AM
7:48 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -213
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.4° / 142.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -7.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.29° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.47° / -5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.38° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.