The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 30, 1911
First Quarter
54.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.3%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -138
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 98.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -22.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.92° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.82° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.