The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 31, 2015
Waning Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
12:13 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1148
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 | 235.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 291.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.89° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.77° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.41° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.