The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 30, 1943
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 AM
8:17 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 257
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 | 13.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.1° / 135.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -3.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.38° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.49° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.