The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 31, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 PM
2:15 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -237
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.5° / 62.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 57m / -4.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.77° / 2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.87° / -1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.03° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.