The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 30, 2021
Waning Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 AM
4:09 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1222
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 | 291.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.4° / 251.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 11m / 16.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.83° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.42° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.32° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.