The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 30, 2125
Waxing Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 AM
10:01 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2509
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 116.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 51m / -19.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.93° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.22° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.78° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.