The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 30, 1996
Waning Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
11:10 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 912
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 | 225.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.6° / 297.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 28m / 14.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.44° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / 5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.08° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.