The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 30, 1994
Waning Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 AM
4:23 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 887
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 | 300.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.4° / 241.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 13.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.19° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.15° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.60° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.