The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 30, 1915
Last Quarter
54.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
1:29 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.8%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -89
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 284.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 13m / 21.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.78° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.68° / -0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.57° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.