The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 31, 2024
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 AM
5:56 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1259
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 | 350.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 169.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 46m / -13.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.26° / -2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.87° / 3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.68° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.