The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 30, 1939
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 PM
8:20 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 207
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 327.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 53m / 11.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.27° / -0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / 0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.22° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.