The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 31, 1913
Waxing Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
6:42 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -113
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 150.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -26.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.27° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.46° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.28° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.