The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 31, 2011
Waxing Crescent
29.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
11:06 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.4%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1099
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 | 65.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 107.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -20.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.37° / 2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.28° / -2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.04° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.