The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 30, 2053
Waning Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 PM
11:13 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1618
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 | 222.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 301.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 19m / 18.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.27° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.08° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.86° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.