The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 31, 2026
Waning Gibbous
63.5% 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
11:39 PM
2:04 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1284
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 | 254.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 284.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 40m / 24.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.75° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.96° / -3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.82° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.