The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 31, 2073
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
7:37 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1866
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 143.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -13.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.22° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.46° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.43° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.