The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 30, 1976
First Quarter
52.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
12:02 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.3%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 665
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 89.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -18.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.13° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.36° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.12° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.