The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 29, 1900
Waxing Crescent
32.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 PM
10:26 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.9%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -274
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 112.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -18.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.65° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.22° / -3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.26° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.