The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 30, 1995
Waxing Crescent
39.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
11:54 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.4%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 900
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 | 77.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 99.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -18.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.57° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.51° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.