The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 31, 1961
Last Quarter
47.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.0%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 480
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 275.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 55m / 16.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.67° / -1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.30° / 2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.72° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.