The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 31, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 PM
5:32 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 505
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 | 167.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.0° / 8.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 5.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.11° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.71° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.85° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 225.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.