The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 31, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
3:01 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -2
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.4° / 52.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / -2.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.10° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.13° / -0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.24° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.