The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 30, 1978
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 AM
5:09 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 690
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 | 345.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.9° / 191.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -6.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.82° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.06° / -2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.04° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.