The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 31, 2046
Waxing Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 AM
7:59 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1532
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.1° / 136.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -25.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.78° / -3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.81° / 5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.56° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.