The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 30, 1928
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 PM
7:32 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 71
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 331.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 31m / 6.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.28° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.47° / 4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.00° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| 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.