The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 30, 1938
Waxing Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 PM
11:35 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 196
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 | 83.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 101.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -15.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.93° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.65° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.