The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 30, 1964
Waning Crescent
21.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 AM
3:42 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.3%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 517
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 247.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 04m / 11.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.68° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.61° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.