The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 30, 2000
Waxing Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
8:01 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 963
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 136.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -20.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.32° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / -2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.00° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.