The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 30, 2004
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 PM
10:36 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1012
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 | 208.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 316.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 16m / 24.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.52° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / -3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.01° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.