The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 31, 2198
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
7:34 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3412
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 0.5° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,800 km.
Exact values
For Oct 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 142.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 37m / -19.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.67° / -0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / 0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.71° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.