The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 30, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
4:16 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 369
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 | 150.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 33.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 6.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.44° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.49° / -4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.24° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.