The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 30, 1981
Waxing Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 AM
7:32 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 728
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.0° / 142.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -18.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.48° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / -4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.80° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.