The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
3:44 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1173
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 | 133.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.9° / 38.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / -5.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.74° / -2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.66° / 3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.93° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.