The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
8:39 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1198
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 129.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -19.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.52° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.31° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.90° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.