The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 31, 1942
Waning Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 245
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 273.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 17.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.09° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.54° / 4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.42° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.