The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 30, 2159
Waning Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 PM
12:04 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2929
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 301.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 41m / 23.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.71° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.88° / -0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.73° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.