The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 30, 2022
Waxing Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
10:55 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1235
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 | 68.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 110.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -27.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.90° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.22° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.79° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.