The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 30, 2163
Waxing Crescent
12.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 AM
9:19 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.0%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2979
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.9° / 123.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.26° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.38° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.37° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.