The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 30, 1907
Waning Crescent
38.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.7%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -189
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 274.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 25m / 21.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.62° / -0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.13° / 0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.66° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| 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.