The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 30, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 PM
1:19 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -237
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 74.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -8.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.71° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.63° / -3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.19° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.