The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 31, 2081
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 AM
5:56 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1964
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 166.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -15.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.57° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.09° / 5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.91° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.