The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Waning Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 PM
1:22 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1049
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.4° / 294.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 40m / 27.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.99° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.53° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.85° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.7° |
| 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.