The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 30, 1954
Waxing Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 AM
7:58 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 394
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 | 43.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 136.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 15m / -24.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.75° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.30° / 2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.95° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.