The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 30, 1945
Waning Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
3:34 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 282
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.0° / 250.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 12.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.18° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.95° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.81° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.