The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 30, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
71.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 PM
2:13 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.2%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1977
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 62.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -9.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.62° / 0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.85° / -0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.50° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.