The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 31, 1904
Last Quarter
53.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
1:13 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.0%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -225
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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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 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 279.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 15.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.53° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.51° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.