The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 31, 1958
Waning Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 PM
10:23 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 443
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 311.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 27m / 18.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.24° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.71° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.