The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 30, 1995
First Quarter
48.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.1%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 901
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 97.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 22m / -14.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.47° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.43° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| 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.