The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 31, 1954
Waxing Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 AM
8:54 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 394
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 | 53.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.2° / 127.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -23.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.70° / -0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / 1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.76° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.