The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 1, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
12:08 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 96
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 90.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 18m / -25.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.92° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.15° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.38° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.