The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 31, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
5:41 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1074
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 | 153.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 10.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 36m / 9.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.86° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.36° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.