The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 30, 1940
Waning Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 AM
5:46 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 219
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 2.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.5° / 189.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 42m / 0.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.72° / -1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.50° / 2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.07° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.