The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 30, 2015
Waning Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 PM
11:16 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1148
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 | 223.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.4° / 300.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 18m / 17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.09° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.08° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.26° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.8° |
| 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.