The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 30, 2076
Waxing Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 AM
8:30 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1903
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 130.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 42m / -21.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.89° / 0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.98° / -0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.50° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.