The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 30, 2102
Waning Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 PM
12:34 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2224
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 1.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 299.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 25.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.39° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.33° / -2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.48° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.