The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 30, 1953
Waning Crescent
42.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.0%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 380
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 278.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 13m / 23.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.60° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.00° / -1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.62° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.