The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Waning Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
1:55 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1185
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 | 256.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 280.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 42m / 20.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.73° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.46° / 1.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.26° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.