The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 30, 2011
Waxing Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
10:01 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1099
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 | 52.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 116.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 58m / -22.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.62° / 1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.79° / -1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.24° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.