The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 30, 2168
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 AM
6:48 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3040
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 157.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -8.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.03° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.00° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 168.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.