The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 30, 1948
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 AM
5:28 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 318
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.9° / 218.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 12.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.70° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.22° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.40° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.