The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 30, 2008
Waxing Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 AM
7:09 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1062
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 | 19.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 145.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 32m / -24.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.64° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.17° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.