The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 30, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1037
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 92.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -18.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.58° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / 4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.99° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.