The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 30, 1956
Waning Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
3:37 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 418
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.7° / 223.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / -3.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.32° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.66° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.27° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.