The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 30, 1950
Waning Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 PM
10:56 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 343
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 312.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 36m / 23.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.31° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.12° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.59° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.