The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 30, 2016
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 AM
6:53 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.7 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1160
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.3° / 155.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -9.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.92° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.50° / -4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.15° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 194.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.