The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 31, 1969
Waning Gibbous
64.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 PM
1:04 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.9%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 579
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 | 252.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.6° / 295.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 33m / 26.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.83° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.03° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.10° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.