The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 30, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
89.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 PM
4:38 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1074
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 | 141.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 26.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / 3.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.97° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / -5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.51° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.