The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 31, 2072
Waning Gibbous
78.9% 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
10:21 PM
12:10 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1853
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 | 234.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 293.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 18.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.77° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.81° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| 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.