The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 31, 2177
Waxing Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 PM
2:03 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3152
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.2° / 65.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 05m / -7.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.37° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.25° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.67° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.