The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 31, 2003
First Quarter
44.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
11:15 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.9%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1000
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 107.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -24.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.89° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.61° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.89° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.