The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 30, 1939
Waning Gibbous
93.8% 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
7:26 PM
9:11 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 208
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 324.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 15m / 18.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.17° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.78° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.