The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 30, 1928
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 PM
8:58 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 72
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 330.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 59m / 20.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.77° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / 0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.51° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.