The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 31, 2171
Waxing Crescent
10.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
8:28 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.1%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3078
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 130.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -25.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.89° / -2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / 4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.84° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.