The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 30, 2149
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 AM
6:34 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2805
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.6° / 163.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -6.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.77° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.53° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.19° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 138.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.