The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 31, 2068
Waxing Crescent
27.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
10:58 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.3%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1804
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 | 62.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 107.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 50m / -18.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.88° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.82° / -4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.63° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.