The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 30, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 PM
5:09 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 975
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 15.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 3.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.73° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.20° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.42° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 231.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.