The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 31, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
56.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 PM
12:50 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.4%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1841
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 | 97.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 80.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 08m / -12.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.51° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.43° / -3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.72° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.