The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 30, 1950
Waning Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
11:43 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 344
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 | 232.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 311.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 58m / 28.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.48° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.08° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.15° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.