The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 30, 1980
Last Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 715
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 278.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 39m / 17.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.65° / -0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.22° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.34° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.