The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 31, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 PM
3:15 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1977
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.4° / 47.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -4.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.78° / 1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / -1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.34° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.