The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Waning Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 AM
5:34 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1259
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 | 339.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.6° / 181.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -7.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.43° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.38° / 1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.47° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.