The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 30, 2038
Waxing Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 AM
8:44 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1433
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 | 35.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 128.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -20.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.78° / 1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / -1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.10° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.