The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 31, 2189
Waning Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3300
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 280.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 13m / 24.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.93° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.11° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.