The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 30, 1920
Waning Gibbous
92.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 PM
10:10 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.1%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -28
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 | 212.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 307.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 30m / 14.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.89° / -0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / 0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.08° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.