The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 31, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
2:33 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 703
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 | 131.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 57.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / -5.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.57° / -1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.80° / 2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.02° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.