The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 31, 1975
Waning Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 AM
3:34 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 653
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 | 320.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 225.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / -3.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.19° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.68° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.09° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| 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.