The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 30, 1961
Waning Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
1:07 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 480
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 | 262.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 283.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 06m / 18.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.75° / -2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.53° / 3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.54° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.