The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
11:17 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1247
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 | 215.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 312.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 48m / 26.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.96° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.81° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.