The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 30, 1959
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 AM
6:15 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 454
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.5° / 184.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 5.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.42° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / 3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.14° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.