The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 31, 2092
Waxing Crescent
1.3% 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
8:45 AM
7:34 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2101
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 143.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 20m / -13.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.17° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.79° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.62° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.