The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 30, 1946
Waxing Crescent
25.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 AM
9:18 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 294
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 | 60.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 121.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 24m / -21.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.64° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.42° / -0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.85° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.