The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 31, 2106
Waxing Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
10:14 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2274
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 113.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -19.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.92° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.19° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.40° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.