The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 30, 1940
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 AM
5:38 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 220
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.3° / 177.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -10.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.16° / 2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.65° / -1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.63° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 136.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.