The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 31, 2120
Waxing Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
2:20 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2447
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,900 km.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 60.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 24m / -7.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.87° / 2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.67° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.91° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.