The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 30, 1936
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
7:30 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 171
Events on this date
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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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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 349.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 41m / 19.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.68° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / -3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.93° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 49.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.