The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 31, 2000
Waxing Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 AM
8:45 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 963
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 | 50.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 128.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 58m / -21.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.49° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.44° / -1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.80° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.