The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 30, 1975
Waning Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
4:15 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 652
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.0° / 245.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 23m / 14.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.50° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.74° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.81° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.