The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 30, 2105
Waning Crescent
43.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
2:41 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.7%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2261
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 | 277.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 259.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 11.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.57° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.52° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.