The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 31, 1905
Waxing Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 AM
8:47 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -212
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 128.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -18.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.47° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.30° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.63° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.