The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 31, 1978
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 AM
5:46 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 690
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.7° / 175.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -10.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.28° / 3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / -3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.75° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 171.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.