The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 31, 2016
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
7:26 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1161
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 145.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 11m / -12.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.78° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.64° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.