The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 31, 1981
Waxing Crescent
13.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 AM
8:12 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.0%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 728
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 133.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -20.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.28° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.59° / -3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.60° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.