The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 30, 2166
Waxing Crescent
36.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
11:41 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3016
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
-
Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 101.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -19.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.89° / 2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.34° / -2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.26° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.