The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 30, 2109
First Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
12:02 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2311
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 88.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 31m / -15.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.14° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.26° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.49° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.