The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 30, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
66.4% 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
3:55 PM
1:17 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 702
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 | 109.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 76.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -17.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.99° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.23° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.