The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 30, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 PM
6:47 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1915
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.9° / 347.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 7.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.96° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.92° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.