The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 30, 1920
Waning Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
11:13 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -27
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,700 km.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 303.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 10m / 19.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.15° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.31° / 5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.61° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.