The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 31, 2020
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 PM
7:50 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1210
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 335.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 32m / 11.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.22° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.84° / 5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.01° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 160.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.