The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 31, 1950
Waning Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
12:31 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 344
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.2° / 302.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 52m / 27.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.44° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.31° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.