The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 7, 2030
Waxing Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 PM
3:37 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1333
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.1° / 39.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -7.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.01° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.68° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.