The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 30, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
2:44 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 468
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 | 133.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 55.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / -4.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.88° / -0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.70° / 1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.82° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.