The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 31, 1921
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 AM
6:15 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -14
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 163.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -14.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.98° / 2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / -2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.96° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.