The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 31, 1946
Waxing Crescent
36.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
10:18 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 295
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 114.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -25.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.20° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.73° / 4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.11° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.