The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 30, 2003
Waxing Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
10:05 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1000
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 | 71.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 116.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -26.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.05° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.97° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.08° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.