The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 31, 2053
Waning Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
12:14 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1618
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 292.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 20m / 18.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.67° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.81° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.01° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.