The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 31, 2079
Waxing Crescent
38.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
11:31 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.3%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1940
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 104.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -26.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.70° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.36° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.