The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 31, 1983
Waning Crescent
22.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
3:39 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.3%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 752
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,800 km.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.9° / 248.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / 11.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.66° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.08° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.42° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.