The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 30, 1975
Waning Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 AM
2:59 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 653
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 241.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 1.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.43° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.45° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.89° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| 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.