The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 30, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
3:46 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -101
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.7° / 40.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / 2.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.71° / 2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.23° / -2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.82° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.