The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 30, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 PM
2:42 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1173
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.8° / 55.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 43m / -9.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.63° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.43° / 2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.09° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.