The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 31, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 PM
6:10 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 975
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 | 173.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.1° / 0.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 8.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.20° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.27° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 212.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.