The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 31, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
5:42 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 740
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 6.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 5.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.04° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.06° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 223.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.