The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 30, 1942
Waning Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
1:09 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 244
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.4° / 283.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 08m / 17.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.57° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.18° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.70° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.