The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 30, 2031
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 PM
8:16 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1346
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 1:48 AM, is deepest at 3:45 AM and ends at 5:41 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 334.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 15.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.30° / 0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.70° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.94° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.