The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Last Quarter
50.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.4%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1185
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 270.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 18.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.81° / 0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / -0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.43° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.