The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 29, 1905
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 AM
7:04 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -212
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 151.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 39m / -14.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.87° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.87° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.04° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.