The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 30, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 PM
3:54 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 604
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 | 134.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.9° / 36.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 22m / -0.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.08° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.32° / -3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.09° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.