The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 30, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
5:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 269
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 | 158.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.5° / 355.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 13m / -9.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.70° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.24° / 5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.67° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.