The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 30, 1956
Waning Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
4:58 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 417
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.9° / 224.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 23m / 10.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.03° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.06° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.21° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.