The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 30, 2177
Waxing Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
1:04 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3152
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 77.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 20m / -12.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.36° / 2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.97° / -3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.84° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.