The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 30, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
73.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 PM
1:19 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.2%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 938
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 | 117.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 73.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 27m / -10.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.63° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / 1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.38° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.