The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 31, 1999
Last Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
1:50 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 950
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 276.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 52m / 17.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.42° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.77° / 0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.15° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.