The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 30, 2069
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
8:28 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1816
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 330.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 52m / 15.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.19° / -0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.07° / 1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.66° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.