The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 30, 2181
Last Quarter
49.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 AM
2:18 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.7%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3201
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 265.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 13.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.14° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.55° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.