The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 31, 2143
Last Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 AM
2:26 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2731
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 263.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 12.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.96° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.15° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.