The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 30, 1908
Waxing Crescent
29.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
9:47 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.6%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -175
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 118.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -24.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.66° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.78° / 2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.72° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.