The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 30, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
6:09 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 405
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.6° / 352.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / 1.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.12° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.45° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.