The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 30, 1962
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 AM
7:10 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 493
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 | 24.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 148.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 59m / -15.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.86° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.62° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.