The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 30, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 PM
2:33 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 467
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 | 124.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.0° / 57.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 55m / -14.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.14° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.96° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.86° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.