The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 30, 1997
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
5:28 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 925
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 | 352.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.2° / 183.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -8.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.36° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.67° / -3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.86° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 129.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.