The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 29, 1904
Waning Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
11:36 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -225
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.1° / 298.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 32m / 18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.50° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.24° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.18° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.