The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 30, 1929
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 AM
4:48 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 84
Events on this date
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.3° / 201.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -3.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.24° / 2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / -2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.14° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.