The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 31, 1992
Waxing Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 PM
10:31 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 864
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 111.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -19.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.05° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / -2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.15° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.