The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 30, 1909
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 PM
8:57 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -163
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 | 204.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 329.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 58m / 19.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.56° / -0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.71° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.