The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 30, 2126
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
7:15 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2521
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 343.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 55m / 10.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.38° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.80° / 2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.24° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.