The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 30, 1969
Waning Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
12:22 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 579
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 | 241.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 304.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 40m / 27.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.92° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.20° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.93° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.