The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
70.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
12:52 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1037
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 | 113.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 78.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 18m / -12.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.67° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / 3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.83° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.