The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 30, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
60.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
12:52 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.2%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1272
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 | 101.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 80.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -17.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.14° / -2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.99° / 3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.71° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.