The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 30, 2042
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 PM
10:21 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1482
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 319.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 02m / 24.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.33° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.71° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.45° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.