The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 30, 1938
Waxing Crescent
42.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
11:00 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 195
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 | 81.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 107.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -20.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.34° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.45° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.21° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.