The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 30, 1954
Waxing Crescent
12.1% 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
10:01 AM
7:47 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.1%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 393
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 138.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -20.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.36° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.28° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.50° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.