The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 30, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
73.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 PM
1:23 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.9%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 703
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 | 118.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 72.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 27m / -9.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.09° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.92° / 0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.18° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.