The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 30, 2196
Waxing Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 PM
1:56 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3387
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 66.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 56m / -8.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.33° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.70° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.04° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.