The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 30, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 PM
2:33 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 603
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.6° / 56.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 04m / -16.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.49° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.35° / 0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.63° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.