The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 30, 2061
Waning Gibbous
95.1% 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
7:39 PM
10:20 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1717
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,700 km.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 319.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 24.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.16° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.65° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.25° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| 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.