The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 30, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
6:15 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 406
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.5° / 5.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 42m / 14.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.10° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.14° / -4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.42° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.