The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 31, 2010
Waning Crescent
37.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 AM
3:06 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.4%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1086
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 | 284.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.0° / 252.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 10.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.95° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.88° / 5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.06° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.