The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 31, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 PM
4:09 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 604
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 | 148.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 34.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / 6.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.61° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.52° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.44° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.