The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 30, 1921
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 AM
5:33 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -15
Events on this date
-
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.0° / 178.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -11.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.17° / 1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / -1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.83° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.