The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
9:40 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1111
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 | 200.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 320.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 46m / 19.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.69° / -0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.19° / 0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.57° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.