The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 30, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 PM
2:05 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -2
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 64.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 49m / -5.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.31° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.66° / -1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.40° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.