The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 31, 2002
Waning Crescent
23.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 AM
3:34 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.7%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 987
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.0° / 250.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 55m / 12.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.13° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.23° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.