The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
8:45 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1111
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 | 189.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 330.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 56m / 17.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.83° / 0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.24° / -0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.42° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.