The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 30, 1983
Waning Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 AM
3:53 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 751
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 | 280.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 269.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 24.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.65° / 2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / -2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.17° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.