The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 30, 2056
Waning Gibbous
60.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 PM
2:09 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.2%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1655
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 | 258.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 280.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 54m / 21.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.39° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.19° / -0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.86° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.