The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 30, 1908
Waxing Crescent
24.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 AM
9:18 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.0%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -176
Events on this date
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Saturn 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 | 58.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 122.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 17m / -19.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.67° / 2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.25° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.