The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 30, 2081
Waning Crescent
3.1% 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
6:10 AM
5:27 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1964
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,700 km.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.7° / 181.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -9.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.73° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.27° / 4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.70° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.