The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 30, 1924
Waxing Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
7:49 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 23
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 139.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -17.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.52° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.26° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.02° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.