The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 31, 1972
Waning Crescent
25.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
2:44 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.1%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 616
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 248.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 4.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.49° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.39° / 5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.16° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.