The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 30, 1936
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
6:08 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 170
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.9° / 358.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / 6.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.10° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.58° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.