The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 30, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 PM
4:42 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2954
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 25.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / 3.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.62° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.83° / -4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.63° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.