The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 30, 1925
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 PM
4:21 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 34
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.1° / 21.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / -8.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.73° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.60° / 5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.96° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.