The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 31, 1908
Waxing Crescent
40.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
10:52 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.2%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -175
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 109.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -23.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.41° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.26° / 3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.54° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.