The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 30, 1926
Waning Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
3:12 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 47
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 259.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 14.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.13° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.02° / -4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.00° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.