The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 30, 1984
Waxing Crescent
37.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
11:08 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.1%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 764
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 107.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -25.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.57° / -2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.47° / 3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.74° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.