The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 30, 1997
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 AM
6:56 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 924
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.3° / 163.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / 2.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.29° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / -0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.78° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.