The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 30, 2071
First Quarter
46.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.9%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1841
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 90.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 20m / -15.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.67° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.99° / -4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.90° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.