The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 31, 2056
Last Quarter
50.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.2%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1655
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 271.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 20.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.86° / 2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.84° / -2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.03° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.