The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 30, 2187
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 AM
6:21 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3275
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.1° / 169.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 34m / -4.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.41° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.94° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.61° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.