The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 30, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 PM
4:18 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 505
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.4° / 28.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / -0.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.05° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.48° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.99° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.