The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 31, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
2:26 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 938
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 58.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 22m / -6.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.80° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / 2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.22° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.