The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 30, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 331
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 95.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -26.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.64° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.93° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.77° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.7° |
| 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.