The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 30, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
12:59 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 666
Events on this date
-
Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 77.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -11.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.32° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.14° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.56° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.