The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 30, 1977
Waning Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
10:07 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 678
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 | 221.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 313.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 11m / 18.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.31° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.91° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.33° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.