The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 31, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
56.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 PM
12:47 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.4%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1136
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 | 97.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 79.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -11.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.39° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.13° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.95° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.