The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 31, 2102
Waning Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
1:17 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2224
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 290.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 55m / 23.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.48° / 1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.25° / -0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.65° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.