The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 31, 1988
Waning Gibbous
57.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 PM
1:31 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.1%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 814
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 | 261.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 287.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 14m / 23.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.48° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / -3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.89° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.