The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 30, 1942
Waning Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 PM
1:27 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 245
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 281.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 21m / 18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.24° / -3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.27° / 5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.25° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.