The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 31, 1901
Waning Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
11:19 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -262
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.9° / 301.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 18m / 19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.37° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.46° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.