The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 31, 2019
Waxing Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
9:27 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1198
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 121.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 35m / -21.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.12° / 1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.72° / -1.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.70° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.