The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 31, 2057
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
9:29 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1668
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 | 47.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 121.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -23.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.52° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.71° / 0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.11° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.