The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 30, 2178
Waning Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 PM
11:57 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3164
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 301.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 38m / 23.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.01° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / 0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.54° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.