The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 30, 2122
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 AM
6:26 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2472
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 157.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 27m / -18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.31° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / 5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.95° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 337.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.