The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 31, 1962
Waxing Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 AM
7:50 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 493
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 | 35.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 138.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -18.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.17° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / -4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.41° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.