The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 30, 2172
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
6:48 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3090
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 351.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 35m / 10.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.61° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / 0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.26° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.