The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 30, 2104
Waxing Gibbous
86.0% 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
4:23 PM
4:07 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2249
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 | 136.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.9° / 33.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / 2.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.58° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.86° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.