The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 31, 1924
Waxing Crescent
16.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 AM
8:43 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.3%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 23
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 129.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 40m / -19.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.32° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.96° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.82° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.