The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 31, 1986
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
4:39 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 789
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 | 339.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.6° / 200.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -6.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.30° / 0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / 0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.56° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.