The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 30, 2057
Waxing Crescent
8.7% 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
10:49 AM
8:36 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1668
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.0° / 129.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 42m / -21.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.95° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / -0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.31° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.