The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 31, 2013
Waning Crescent
9.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
4:47 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.9%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1123
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 | 323.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.2° / 203.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / -3.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.99° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.50° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.18° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.