The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 30, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 PM
12:01 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 97
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 89.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 40m / -18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.92° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.06° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.01° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.