The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 30, 2073
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 AM
6:54 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1865
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.4° / 156.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 21m / -8.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.93° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.19° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.36° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 180.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.