The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 31, 1980
Waning Crescent
40.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 AM
2:17 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.0%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 715
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 | 281.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 268.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 15.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.15° / 0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / 0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.51° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.