The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 30, 1951
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
5:17 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 357
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 | 1.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 175.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -18.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.17° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.93° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.09° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 357.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.