The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 30, 1991
Last Quarter
45.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.5%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 851
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.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 273.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 55m / 14.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.11° / -2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.96° / 4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.59° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.