The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 31, 2004
Waning Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
10:38 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1012
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 | 220.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 319.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 11m / 26.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.10° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / -4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.67° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.