The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 30, 1966
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 PM
8:08 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 542
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 | 194.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 340.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 15m / 18.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.43° / 0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / 0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.97° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.