The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 30, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
6:52 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1210
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 345.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 48m / 6.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.38° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.58° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.14° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 225.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.