The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 30, 1961
Waning Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 PM
1:51 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 479
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 | 259.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 278.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 46m / 18.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.71° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.19° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.50° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.