The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 30, 1973
Waxing Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
8:43 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 629
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 128.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -23.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.55° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.29° / 0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.15° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.