The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 31, 1916
Waxing Crescent
27.6% 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
12:11 PM
9:41 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -76
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 120.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 49m / -23.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.23° / -1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / 2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.18° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.