The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 31, 1959
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 AM
5:39 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 455
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 2.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.8° / 177.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -10.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.21° / 2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.51° / -2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.43° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 141.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.