The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 7, 1930
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
6:17 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 96
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 1:45 PM, is deepest at 2:06 PM and ends at 2:27 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.0° / 353.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 49m / 4.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.79° / -1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.80° / 1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.64° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 194.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.