The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 30, 2049
Waxing Crescent
18.3% 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
12:02 PM
9:55 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1569
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 | 50.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 117.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -20.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.16° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.08° / -2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.65° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.