The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 31, 1974
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
7:38 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 641
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 | 187.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 347.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 51m / 18.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.86° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / -2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.52° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.2° |
| 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.