The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 30, 1934
Last Quarter
46.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.8%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 146
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 275.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 17.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.47° / -0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / 1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.36° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.