The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 31, 2097
Waning Crescent
12.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
5:02 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.4%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2162
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.4° / 209.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / 3.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.01° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / -3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.55° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.