The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 30, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
5:35 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 740
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 | 155.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.0° / 3.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 0.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.65° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.71° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.