The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 30, 1999
Waning Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 950
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 278.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 51m / 19.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.07° / -1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / 2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.47° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.