The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 31, 1964
Waning Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 AM
4:10 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 517
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.1° / 231.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / 6.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.95° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.81° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.