The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 30, 1986
Waning Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 AM
4:15 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 789
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 | 326.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.5° / 218.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / 0.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.38° / 1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.07° / -1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.36° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.