The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 31, 2118
Waning Gibbous
95.6% 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
7:25 PM
10:16 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2422
Events on this date
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 321.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 54m / 25.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.76° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.48° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.