The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 31, 2042
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
11:38 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1482
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 | 219.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 310.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 06m / 27.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.04° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.60° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| 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.