The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 31, 1989
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 AM
6:18 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 827
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 | 22.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 155.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 50m / -25.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.81° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.61° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.27° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.3° |
| 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.