The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 30, 1909
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 PM
7:34 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -164
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 330.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 5.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.53° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.95° / 5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.20° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.